Ice pick and shovel.



Nu. 674,|I7. Patented May l4, l90l.

P.- LEFEBVREQ ICE PICK AND SHUVEL.

(Application filed Sept. 15, 1900,)

(No Model.)

WITNESS/5W @Nf NVENTOH m: nonms PEYERS c0, PHmo-u'mu. WASHINGTON, ay 6.

UNITED STATES 'PATENT OFFICE.

PETER LEANDRE LEFEBVRE, OF WEST BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT.

ICE PICK AND SHOVEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 674,117, dated May 14, 190] Application filed September 15, 1900. Serial No. 30,106. (No model.)

To alt whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER LEANDRE LE- FEBVRE, a citizen of the United States, residing at West Brattleboro, in the county of Windham and State of Vermont, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Ice Picks and Shovels, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to ice picks and shovels; and the object thereof is to provide an improved combination device of this class which is simple in construction and operation and by means of which ice may be cut up or divided into fine particles and shoveled up for use both by one instrument, a further object being to provide a device of the class specified which is particularly designed for household use and in bars, restaurants, and other similar places. 7

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by the same reference characters in each of the views, and in which- ,Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved ice pick and shovel, and Fig. 2 a longitudinal central section thereof. a

In the practice of my invention I provide a device of the class specified which comprises a back or base portion a, which constitutes the shovel part of the device and which is substantially of the shape of an ordinary shovel and which is composed of a sheet of steel or other suitable metal and is provided with a central longitudinal slot a I also provide a cross-head 6, having abackwardlydirected handle-socket b which is preferably curved upwardly and backwardly and with which the handle 0 is connected, and passed through the slot a in the shovel part a is a set-screw d, provided with a nut 01 and by means of which the cross-head 01 may be adj usted longitudinally of the shovel a.

Secured transversely ofthe shovel, near the end thereof opposite the handle 0 of the crosshead I), is a strip e, which is connected with the'shovel by rivets e and the strip 6 is,

formed into loops 6 which constitute keepers, through which are passed prongs g, connected with the cross-head b.

By adjusting the cross-head b longitudinally of the shovel a, the prongs g maybe projected to any desired extent beyond the point or edge a of the shovel, and the prongs g are sharpened at the points g thereof and constitute the pick or picks of the device.

My invention is not liinitedto the exact construction herein described, as many changes therein and modifications thereof may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

My improvement is also simple in construc-' tion and operation, and in practice the prongs g may be adjusted or projected so asto serve as ice-picks, and after the ice has been diwith the handle 0, may be drawn backwardly and the device used as an ordinary shovel, and said device may be used as a shovel when the prongs g are projected. I

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters 7 Patent- 1. A combination ice pick and shovel, comprising a shovel proper, a cross-head provided with a handle and connected with and longitudinally adjustable on said shovel,said crosshead being provided with prongs which extend longitudinally of the shovel, and which are adapted to be projected beyond the'edge thereof,substantially as shown and described.

2. A combination ice pick and shovel, comprising a shovel proper, a cross-head provided with a handle'and connected with and longi vided as required the said prongs, together I tudinally adj ustable on said sh0vel,said crosshead being provided with prongs which extend longitudinally of the shovel, and which v are adapted to be projected beyond the edge thereof, said shovel being provided with a transverse keeper through which said prongs are passed, substantially as shown and described. I V

3. A device of the class described, comprising a shovel having a longitudinal central slot, a cross-head mounted on said shovel and adjustable thereon longitudinally thereof by means of a device which passes throughsaid IQO 5 slot, said cross-head'being provided with a handle, and with prongs which project in a direction opposite to that of the handle, subthrough or beneath a keeper secured to the stantially as shown and described. shovel, substantially as shown and described. 4. A device of the class described, compris In testimony that I claim the foregoing as ing a shovel having a longitudinal central myinvention Ihave signed my name, in pres- 5 slot, a cross-head mounted on said shovel and ence of the subscribing Witnesses, this 13th 15 adjustable thereon longitudinally thereof by day of September, 1900.

means of a device which passes through said PETER LEANDRE LEFEBVRE. slot, said cross-head being provided With a Witnesses:

handle, and with prongs which project in a AMBROSE KNOFF, 1o direction opposite to that of the handle, and l ORLAND. N. STICKNEY. 

